Folding cot



A. R. ISAACS.

FDLDING COT.

(Appliation--led J' une 2'7. 1898)' N0; 6l9,485. Patented Feb. I4, |899.

(No Model.)

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AUGUSTA R. ISAACS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING COT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,485, dated February 14, 1899.

Application tiled I une 27, 1898.

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTA R. ISAACS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cots, of which the following is a specification, reference bein ghad therein to the accompa'nying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in folding cots.

The object of my invention is to provide a cot of this character which when set up will be strong and durable and when folded will form a compact package and occupy but littlel space. This I accomplish by the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved cot when set up without the removable cover or top. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view onv the line Fig. 1. Fig. 2n is a detail perspective View, partly broken away, of the side and end rails. Fig. 3 is an end view of a pair of thelegs-or supports when folded. Fig. 4 is a side view thereof. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of my removable top, showing the apertures formed therein to receive the securing-pins.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings, in which- 1 indicates the side rails,and 2 the end rails, which have secured thereto on their upper edge a series of fastening-pins 3, which diverge outwardly therefrom. lThese fastening-pins are adapted to removably secure to the rails the top 4 by the insertion of the pins into the apertures 5 formed in the top 4. The side and end rails are adapted to be secured together by means of the tenon 6,formed integral with the ends of the side rails and which is adapted to be secured in the mortise Serial No. 684,558. (No model.)

7 formed near the ends of the end rails. The end rails have formed therein mortises 8 and 8', which are adapted to receive the tenons 9 and 9 formed on the ends of the legs or supports 10 for securely holding the legs or supports in position. These legs or supports are substantially V-shaped and are secured together at their center by means of the hinges In a folding cot, the combination of a pair of side and a pair of end rails connected together by a mortise and tenon, said end rails being also provided with mortises 8 and 8', a pair of supporting-legs, each of which is composed of two substantially V-shaped sections hinged together at their center and havi-ng a tenon formed on their upper end to engage the mortises 8 and 8', a pair of bracerods connected at their one end to the supporting-legs and at their other end to aturnbuckle, a series of pins secured in the upper edge of the side and end rails, and a removable top or cover provided with apertures near its edge to receive the pins and hold the top or cover in position, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTA R. ISAACS.

Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, WILLIAM E. MINOR.v 

